Australian High Commission gives families home option

Updated May 20, 2008 16:31:45

The Australian Government has told staff at its High Commission in Fiji, it will allow them to send their families home, to ensure their security.Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says it's making the option available after Fiji's interim government refused to allow Australian Federal Police into the country to provide personal protection and security, in response to two death threats in two weeks.
That announcement has overshadowed news there's been a high level meetings between Interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama and the man he removed from power, Laisenia Qarase.

Presenter:Campbell Cooney
Speaker:Dr Brij Lal from the Australian National University